A Systemic Approach to the Integration of Interactive Distance Learning into Education and Training

Abstract

Abstract This article presents a model for increasing student achievement by training and empowering educators to use telecomputing technologies. Distance teaching and learning are fundamentally different from traditional instruction in that communication between the instructor and students is mediated by technology, as a result of physical separation. Thus, the instructor is not readily able to determine and correct instructional problems during the course of instruction. Distance instruction must be carefully designed to eliminate learning problems as much as possible beforehand. This model for the design and delivery of distance instruction is based on three instructional concepts: systemic design of instruction, systematic design of instruction, and student-centered learning.